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The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian genocide.
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Deportation of Armenian intellectuals on 24 April 1915
Start of Armenian genocide
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Armenian genocide
1915–1917 genocide campaign in the Ottoman Empire
The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was implemented primarily through the mass murder of around one million…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)